Paleolithic Hunting History

Hunting was a very important element of survival because the animals were the main source of gathering food and materials. However, in different periods and locations, hunting meant differently. In the Paleolithic era, survival was the priority, but the weapons and tools were all made from stones which resulted hunting was extremely hard and dangerous. In the dark caves, Paleolithic artists recorded the scenes of hunting by painting. Hall of Bulls, discovered in Lascaux, France is one of the murals which depicts a large number of herd animals in an enormous scale which shows the Paleolithic people followed the herds and dreaded about the animals’ power back to 16,000 to 14,000 BC. Move to the Assyrian, hunting was associated with the power of the king. Lion Hunt Orthostat of Ashurbanipal II carved 645 -640BC depicts the picture of the king Ashurbanipal II with his guards hunting lions to inherit the power from the lions. The dead and wounded lions demonstrate Ashurbanipal II’s power and control because only the king was authorized …show more content…
Back to the Paleolithic period, having children was difficult as they did not have settlements. Woman of Willendorf was a pampered female statue which was functioned as a fertility votive figure sculpted in 28,000 – 25,000 BC. It was sculpted in the round which had explicit features of females - big breast, tummy, and vagina, which led to a successful birth. On the opposite, the face, hands, and feet were all omitted because these parts of the body were no necessary for giving a birth. Fertility Goddess from Catal Hoyuk about 6000 BC were sculpted similar to Woman of Willendorf which the elements of female representations were emphasized. In Ancient Near East, the fertility started being associated with agriculture. Inanna was a goddess of agriculture fertility who had power to bring harvest to